Day 2 vs Street Freaks vs Period Speed Parts

[PxTx]

Day 2 is a term I see lots of people using loosely, especially with guys trying to sell old speed parts. I first heard of the term form Dave "whitetop" on this site. I did a quick search and found this early thread referencing Day 2 mods.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbt...=2630#Post2630

I don't know if he coined the phrase, but I wouldn't mind confirming what others think/know where the term came from. I kinda feel the spirit of a "day 2" mod might be mods and parts put on a car during the timeline which was typical for a car loan on these cars. What would that be about 3 years?

Seems like the mods done in the mid to late 1970's probably wouldn't be considered a day 2 mod anymore. Kinda starts falling into the street freak theme or just plain vintage speed parts.

The door is open on where to draw the line on day 2 vs "period correct" but I am interested to see what others think.

[SuperNovaSS]

I agree, day 2 should be limited to a year or two after the car was sold. After all, the term implies the parts were added very soon after taking delivery.


Jason

[x Baldwin Motion]

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Nova w T/Ts and Cragers out back [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/Can-I-Have-It.gif[/img]

Nice pickup with early bed painted to match.

Day 2, or a street freak? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img]

[396L35]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: x Baldwin Motion</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: pxtx</div><div class="ubbcode-body">


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Nova w T/Ts and Cragers out back [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/Can-I-Have-It.gif[/img]

Nice pickup with early bed painted to match.

Day 2, or a street freak? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img] </div></div>

The Nova is Day 2 with the Ansen Ground Grabbers, T/Ts and Cragars. That Camaro would be like a Day 4 drag car with the gauges on the hood and the fat tires in the rear.

[Keith Tedford]

Right away I had to put bigger rubber on our old Chevelle. Within the first year or so I had added 15&quot; rallys and bigger rubber all around. The headers and Hurst shifter came along within the first couple of years as well. Buying the car generally emptied the bank accounts of us young guys and it took a while to save up enough for the add ons. Two years sounds reasonable for a day two car. Back in '68 I bought my Ram Air Firebird with about 6K miles on it. The original owner, a little older and flushed with money, had the new car done before it ever left the dealership. The engine was balanced and blueprinted with the Royal Pontiac Bobcat kit and headers added. The rear rims were widened to 8&quot; and fat MTs were added all around along with traction bars. A Camaro spoiler was added and the rear face was painted black. I guess you couldn't get any closer to Day 2 than that. It was a fun car to say the least.

[PxTx]

I might have to disagree about the Camaro. If all that stuff was put on the car in the first year of ownership, I would call it day 2. This is assuming all of the aftermarket stuff was new and not used- like a 3 year old tach or somthing. Day 2 can be mild or extreme but I think it's significance is that the items are correct to the date of the car, much like we value the matching date codes on the OE stuff.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 396L35</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: x Baldwin Motion</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: pxtx</div><div class="ubbcode-body">


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Nova w T/Ts and Cragers out back [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/Can-I-Have-It.gif[/img]

Nice pickup with early bed painted to match.

Day 2, or a street freak? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img] </div></div>

The Nova is Day 2 with the Ansen Ground Grabbers, T/Ts and Cragars. That Camaro would be like a Day 4 drag car with the gauges on the hood and the fat tires in the rear. </div></div>

[Keith Tedford]

Our SS396 car still has the Stewart-Warner tach and gauges along with the Hurst shifter that the original owner installed back in Day 2. The Cragars aren't period correct but will do. The restored gas station makes a nice back drop for pictures.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/photo.php?pid=1027301&amp;id=755995479&amp;ref=fbx _album&amp;fbid=37609245479

[PxTx]

Oh no! I see the trend developing around here. I'm gonna have to get a facebook account to see pictures. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/eek.gif[/img]

[x Baldwin Motion]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: pxtx</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Oh no! I see the trend developing around here. I'm gonna have to get a facebook account to see pictures. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/eek.gif[/img] </div></div>

Well, since the site stopped hosting photos this is a real easy way to share photos with everyone. Unlike photo bucket, all your family and friends can be informed and view your pictures as soon as you post them. PLUS FB can host photos that are displayed here in our threads.

My favorite part, it's free and the grandparents and Great Grandparents can all get the kiddie pictures same day !!

[Salvatore]

I like Keiths views on Day-2. Some things got changed quick but some things had to wait till the car got payed off or so. There is a fine line from Day-2 and a drag car of that period. Wheels, headers, traction bars, a better shifter and some gauges to ME are day-2 mods. My 69 SS nova started Day-2 mods about 3 weeks after I bought it. Headers and a Hurst Competition plus was the first couple things. I bought a set of rally wheels from a friend and when my redline Uniroyals were used up I put some H/70 Schenuit's on the back. That was it till I made it a drag car only in about 1974. So........